Apparatus for distributing or dividing liquids.



No. 851,568. PATENTED "APR. 23, 1907. H. H. sumo & L. M. BOOTH.

APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OR. DIVIDING LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28,1905.

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PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

H. H. SUTRO & L. M. BOOTH. APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING ORDIVIDINGLIQUIDS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 28,1905.

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APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING 0R DIVIDING LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28,1905.

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UNITED sTA ns PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY HERBERT SUTRO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND LEVIS MILLER BOOTH,

OF PLAIN FIELD, NEW JERSEY.

I APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OR DIVIDING LIQUIDS- No. 851,568.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 23, 1.907. Applicationfiled June 28, 1905. Serial No. 267.884.

To all whom it may concern: hollow shaft 6 leads to the lime-water tankBe it l own that. we, HARRY HERBERT not shown. 10 is a pipe or sleevesurround SUTRO, of the borough of Manhattan, in the ing the pipe 6 withan annular space between city, county, and State of New York, and thetwo. The lower end.of 10 0 ens into the 5' LEVIS MILLER BOOTH, ofPlainfield, in the top of the lime water tank not s own. .10 is countyof Union and State of New Jersey, provided at-its upper end with a spout11 '(and whose post-ol'lice addresses are N o. 126 i which dischargesInto the reaction tank 12. Liberty street, in the said borough ofManhat- 13 is a shaft mountedin-the reaction tank tan, New York city,New York,) have inhaving blades or stirrers 14 mounted upon it IO ventedcertain new and useful Improvements and the gear wheel 15 which isdriven by the in Ap aratus for Distributing or Dividing gear wheel 7.The raw water which is dis- Liquidg, of which the following is aspecificacharged from the pi e 1 into the wheel box 2 ti'on.- flowsoverthe wheel causing the same to ro- The objeot'of our invention is torovide a tate and communicate its motion through the 5 simple andeffective apparatus for istributshaft 4 and the gear wheels 5 and 6 tothe ing or dividing liquids into'parts which shall shaft 6 and throughthe gear wheels 7 and 15 7 bear predetermined relative proportions totothe shaft 13. The water then falls to the each other, and to providemeans for varying bottom of the box land overflows through such relativeproportions and is especially the pipe 16 into the floaTfcompartment 17of for purifying water and other liquids; the 19 is a float mounted upona rod 20, which particular features of our invention are pointispivotally attachedat its upper end to one ed out in the appended claims.end of 'thelever 21, which is ivoted upon-a In the accom anying drawingsFigure 1 is fulcrum 22. ,To the other en of the lever 21 25 a side view)art yin section of our invention, is pivoted a rod 23, which isattached to the ig. 2 is a plan view of the same partly in secfeed gate24 which regulates the discharge of -tion; Fig. 3 is a side view partlyin section on solutlon fromthe auxiliary chemical solution the line XXof aportion of our apparatus. tank 25, which is fed by a supply pipe 26.Fig. 4 is a plan view partly in section of the The liquid in thisauxiliary tank is main- 3 same portion of our apparatus; Fig. 5 is antained at a constant level by means of the elevation partly in sectionof a modification overflow opening 27,- which discharges into 5 of theapparatus for dividing the liquid into the pipe 28. The solution whichis disseparate, streams; Fig. 6 is a plan .view of the charged from theauxiliary tank 25 over the modification shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is aneledischarge gate 24 passes into the box 29 and 35 vation partly insection of another modificadown through the pipe30 into the reactiontion of. our apparatus for dividing the liquid tank where it is mingledw1th the raw water. into two separate streams and Fig. 3 is a plan Thewater which flows into the float comview of the modification shown inFig. 7 partment' 17 passes through the gate 31 into 7 e have not shownthe lime-water tank the compartment '32, from which it flows in a 4 andsettling tank of the apparatus and only broad stream through the chute33 into the the upper portion of the reaction tank, for distributing box34. The apron of water the reason that these are of the well knownflowing from the chute 33 is divided into two type shown in our previousap lication filed .ortions of predetermined relative volume June 28,1904, and nu1nbered 214,441, for y means Ofxthfi dividing partition 35,which 45 improvements in water softening and purifyis mounted in thedistributing box 34. One

ing apparatus. portion flows through the compartment 36 I00 1,1s thesupply pipe bywhich raw water is and the outlet 37 into the funnel 8 andfed to the wheel box 2; 3 is the water wheel through the openings 9 andthe pipe Q into contained in the wheel box; 4 is the wheel the limewater tank, the other portion flows 5o shaft and mounted on theendthereof is the into the compartment 38 and through the bevel gear 5 6is a hollow shaft carrying gear pipe 39 into the reaction tank. The dis'1 .wheels 6 and 7, and a funnel-8 and having charge chute 33 ismounted-upon the side of intakeo enings 9 within the funnel which is thecompartment 32 by means of studs 39, mounted near the upper end thereof.The which screw nto the side walls of the compartment 32; these studspass through slots 40, which permit of a lateral adjustment of the chutein such a way that a greater or lesser pro ortion of the waterdischarged through t e chute may be delivered to the compartments 36 and38 respectively This adjustment is IGDdGIGdJIGOGSSaIY as differentwaters contain greater or lesser quantities of im urities which renderit necessary to feed difierent proportionate quantities of lime water tothe water to be purified. As the water which passes into the-com artment36 is returned to the reaction tan; 12 as saturated lime water and thewater to be treated is discharged from the compartment 38 through thepipe 39 into the reaction tank, the proortion of lime water to raw waterwhich is delivered to the reaction tank can be and is determined by theadjustment of the chute 33 and this adjustment can be easily varied tosuit the water which is to be purified.

In Figs. and 6 we have shown a modification of our distributingapparatus; the wall 41 of the compartment 32 being removed, thecompartment 32 becomes essentially a trough and the water in passingfrom it is divided into two separate streams by the dividing memberwhich is mounted upon the rod 43 and is adjustable laterally and'can besecured in any desired position by means of the nuts 44. Fig. 5is partlyin cross section on the line ZZ of Fig. 6; the chute 45 is de signed todischarge into the funnel 8 and the balance of the water that passesthrough 32 is discharged directly into the reaction tank. The dividingmember 35 is provided with a fioor .'two side walls and a lower endwall, and the iloor abuts against the end of the trough making awatertight connection. This construction renders it possible t) adjust thedividing member laterally with'rei? erence to the side walls of thetrough and discharge all the liquid passing on the one side of thedividing member into the chute 45 and all the liquid passing on theother side of said dividing member into the tank 12. By thisconstruction also the proportion of liquid discharged on each side ofthe dividing member bears substantially a fixed relation to thedistances of the dividing member from the respective-walls of the troughand no currents or-eddies are generated which will substantially disturbthe operation of the appa ratus. 1

Figs. 7 and 8 show another modification of our distributing device. Fig.7 being partly in cross section on line YY of Fig. 8. 46 is thecompartment into which the water is discharged from 17 andis essentiallya trough. The water flowing through the trough 46 is divided into twoparts by the dividing member 35 one portion flowing down through thetrough 48 into 8 and the other through the trough 49"directly into thereaction tank 12. The dividing member 35 is laterally adjustable bymeans of the r0d-51 arid the nuts 52,

and abuts against the stationary Wall 53 and its floor lies on the floorof the trough. As the dividing member 35 is moved laterally in eitherdirection the relative volume of water whichis 48 and 49 is varied. Thewall'54 of the dividing member 35 abuts against the partition wall 53and ter which passes on either side of the dividing member is retainedin its respective trough-and flows to its intended destination. We haveshown our apparatus as it is used by us in connection with apparatus forpuritying water. It is ap arent however that our invention may be e'ectively used in connection with apparatus for the division ordistribution of liquids and without reference to apparatus for thepurification of water.

Having described .our apparatus what we fed to the respective troughs asa'consequence all the waclaim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. In apparatus orally adjustable chute adapted to discharge water inthe form of aneapron into a distributing box provided with a partitionadapted to divide the apron of water into two parts and means forconducting each of such parts to diil'erent parts of the apparatus,substan tially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a water purifying apparatus, the combination with a distributing.box, provided with a partition adapted to divide the liquid into parts,of a chute, and means for adjusting said chute with relation to saiddistributing box.

Signed at the city of New York, State and j county of New York, on the1st day of May W'ILLARD N. BAYLIS.

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